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100<br />

A REVIEW OF THE WELFARE IMPLICATIONS OF MODERN WHALING ACTIVITIES<br />

Table 1 Animal welfare <strong>and</strong> the Schedule to the International<br />

Convention for the Regulation of Whaling<br />

Article Para Text<br />

III 6 The killing for commercial purposes of whales, except minke whales<br />

using the cold grenade harpoon shall be forbidden from the beginning<br />

of the 1980/81 pelagic <strong>and</strong> 1981 coastal seasons. The killing for<br />

commercial purposes of minke whales using the cold grenade<br />

harpoon shall be forbidden from the beginning of the 1982/83<br />

pelagic <strong>and</strong> the 1983 coastal seasons8 (Capture)<br />

.<br />

III 14 It is forbidden to take or kill suckling calves or female whales<br />

& accompanied by calves. [Paragraph 14 refers to baleen whales<br />

17 <strong>and</strong> paragraph 17 refers to sperm whales].<br />

VI 25a All contracting governments shall report to the Commission for all<br />

Information<br />

whale catchers operating in conjunction with factory ships <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong><br />

Required<br />

stations the following information:<br />

1) methods used to kill each whale, other than a harpoon, <strong>and</strong> in<br />

particular compressed air<br />

2) number of whales struck <strong>and</strong> lost<br />

25b A record similar to that described in sub-paragraph (a) of this<br />

paragraph shall be maintained by vessels engaged in “small-type<br />

whaling” operations <strong>and</strong> by native peoples taking species listed<br />

in paragraph 1, <strong>and</strong> all the information mentioned in the said subparagraph<br />

shall be entered therein as soon as available, <strong>and</strong><br />

forwarded by Contracting Governments to the Commission.<br />

VI 27 Notification shall be given in accordance with the provisions of<br />

Article VII of the Convention with regard to all factory ships <strong>and</strong><br />

catcher ships of the following statistical information:<br />

a) concerning the number of whales of each species taken, the<br />

number thereof lost, <strong>and</strong> the number treated at each factory<br />

ship or l<strong>and</strong> stations, <strong>and</strong> ...<br />

VI 28b The information required under paragraph (a)(2)(iii) should also be<br />

recorded together with the following information, in the log book<br />

format shown in Appendix A9 , <strong>and</strong> forwarded to the Commission...<br />

whalers, taking cetaceans under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission, must adhere.<br />

Furthermore, there is no enforcement of this data collection process. Therefore, any reporting<br />

undertaken in adherence to Article VI of the schedule is at the discretion of the whalers, or national<br />

inspectors onboard. There is also no independent verification mechanism for ensuring the quality<br />

<strong>and</strong> accuracy of these data.

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